SEE IT: Rachel Platten forgets words to national anthem, starts over twice

The "Fight Song" singer's latest rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" did not start off on a good note.

Rachel Platten's latest rendition of the national anthem did not start off on a good note.

The "Fight Song" singer had to restart her performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" two times ahead of Saturday's NWSL soccer game between the Utah Royals and the Chicago Red Stars after she forgot the song's opening lyrics.

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"Oh say can you see, by the stars early light," Platten began, mistakenly singing "stars" instead of "dawn's" in the song's first line.

Platten, 36, then quickly apologized and started over, but had to stop again at the same part of the anthem and ask for someone to give her the next line.

Some members of the crowd tried to help her with the lyrics, and Platten made it through the end of the performance after beginning it for a third time.

Despite the early mix-up, Platten managed to maintain a smile through the mayhem.

Days after the disastrous performance, the singer opened up about the catastrophe.

"I have done it a bunch of times, but I stepped in front of the people and I felt the expectation. I was ready to open up and do it, and my mind just went blank," she told People. "I was trying to explain it to my husband: It was like a test that you know all the material to, you study so much and you get in there, and your mind doesn't cooperate."

Rachel Platten had trouble with national anthem over the weekend. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Logo)

She also said that she went into the bathroom and checked social media after she messed up, trying to learn the right lesson from her performance.

"None of us are perfect; I'm not perfect," she said. "I really understand how it feels to not like something about yourself or have a big flaw. This is an opportunity to own that message more and hopefully share it more powerfully."

She's not the first performer to have some trouble with the national anthem this year. Pop star Fergie made headlines in February after her eccentric version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NBA All-Star Game drew criticism.

Fergie later said she wanted to "try something special for the NBA" with her performance.

"I'm a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn't strike the intended tone," Fergie said in a statement in February. "I love this country and honestly tried my best."

Platten rose to widespread fame on the strength of her uplifting 2014 track "Fight Song," which rose as high as sixth on the Billboard charts. She followed that up with another hit, "Stand By You," in 2016.